ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 169982
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 March 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF. IX |
| Owner/operator: | 336 Sqn RHAF |
| Registration: | NH455 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Servia, Koazni Region, West Macedonia -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Larissa AB, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece |
NH455: Spitfire LF IX. Built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66 engine. To 8MU RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire 20-5-44. To 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex 22-6-44. To 33 Squadron, RAF Lympne, Kent 27-7-44. Cat C (Repairable) accident 12-10-44. To 1 APU 6-5-45. To Mediterranean Allied Air Force 28-5-45. Transferred to RHAF (Royal Hellenic Air Force) 27-3-47. Issued to 336 Squadron, RHAF at Larissa AB, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Written off (destroyed) 17-3-48 when hit by AAA and fell into ravine near Servia, Koazni Region, West Macedonia, Greece 17-3-48. Pilot Flying Office L Petrakis killed. According to the following translation from Greek into English of the incident report (see link #1 for the original Greek text):
"During the execution of a war mission in the area of Servia, Kozani, aircraft hit by anti-aircraft fire, falling into a ravine and was destroyed. Pilot: F/O Loukas Petrakis (Lieutenant Loukas Petrakis of Emmanuel) Age 23. KIA".
Servia (Greek: Σέρβια, romanized: Sérvia) is one of the main towns in the Kozani regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece.
Sources:
1. https://polemikiaeroporiahaf.blogspot.de/search/label/Supermarine%20Spitfire
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p079.html
3. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/86793-nh455
4. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/NH455
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._310_Squadron_RAF#History
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._33_Squadron_RAF#Second_World_War
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/336th_Bomber_Squadron#Post-war_history
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servia,_Greece
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larissa_National_Airport
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Sep-2014 18:39 | TB | Added |
| 11-Feb-2017 14:17 | TB | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2023 21:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Date, Source, Narrative]] |
| 25-Aug-2023 07:59 | Nepa | Updated [[[Date, Source, Narrative]]] |
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